Stout Man
Well-Known Member
Recipe: 5 gallons apple juice
6 pounds Clover Honey
(2) 16 oz apple juice concentrate to make 64 oz
1 lb strawberries
2 pounds corn sugar
1.5 tsp cinnamon
.5 tsp nutmeg
6 cloves
Lalvin K-1116 Yeast
Ends up making 6 gallons @ ~ gravity of 1.100
I will add a total of 1 tsp Fermaid K and DAP each. I'm just adding them over the course of 3 days.
Now my question is how polyclar will affect the tannins in my cyser. I just know it can help improve fermentation and clarity. I just don't want it removing those tannins that are important to taste, especially those that add color and aroma/taste from the strawberries. I know polyclar says it will improve fruitiness/aroma but I'm iffy on that. I will add 1 oz french medium toast chips in a day or two as well to improve tannins.
This mead should clear up way better than the last one I made because I'm using way less honey and I boiled the honey for 10 mins and skimmed off a lot of that foam that made clarification so hard and messed up my gravity reading.
That is why I am iffy on using the Polyclar, I don't know if I'll really need it. I overused fining agents and racked too many times and had to top off a lot. This made the final product clear, but lose color and some taste. I want to keep it simple this time.
I will probably carbonate this one.
6 pounds Clover Honey
(2) 16 oz apple juice concentrate to make 64 oz
1 lb strawberries
2 pounds corn sugar
1.5 tsp cinnamon
.5 tsp nutmeg
6 cloves
Lalvin K-1116 Yeast
Ends up making 6 gallons @ ~ gravity of 1.100
I will add a total of 1 tsp Fermaid K and DAP each. I'm just adding them over the course of 3 days.
Now my question is how polyclar will affect the tannins in my cyser. I just know it can help improve fermentation and clarity. I just don't want it removing those tannins that are important to taste, especially those that add color and aroma/taste from the strawberries. I know polyclar says it will improve fruitiness/aroma but I'm iffy on that. I will add 1 oz french medium toast chips in a day or two as well to improve tannins.
This mead should clear up way better than the last one I made because I'm using way less honey and I boiled the honey for 10 mins and skimmed off a lot of that foam that made clarification so hard and messed up my gravity reading.
That is why I am iffy on using the Polyclar, I don't know if I'll really need it. I overused fining agents and racked too many times and had to top off a lot. This made the final product clear, but lose color and some taste. I want to keep it simple this time.
I will probably carbonate this one.